Navigating clinical research at Penn Medicine
Explore opportunities to participate in clinical trials at Penn Medicine and be part of research that shapes the future of patient care.
The Office of Clinical Research serves as the central resource for clinical research information, supporting patients, families, and research professionals.
Sometimes referred to as "bench to bedside" medicine, translational research "translates" discoveries made in the research laboratory into a clinical setting, so patients can benefit from the research quicker. Translational research is also referred to as translational medicine.
Our researchers are leaders in discoveries that advance science and pave the way for new therapies and procedures to improve human health. The basic and clinical research findings emerging from our laboratories and hospitals improve the treatment of a wide range of medical conditions and provide the foundation of knowledge on which many of medicine's next generation of cures will be developed.
Penn Medicine’s Institute for Translational Medicine and Therapeutics (ITMAT) supports research at the interface of basic and clinical research focusing on developing new and safer medicines.